Method for attaching molded counters to turn shoes



Jan. 15 1924.

M. L.. DODGE METHOD FOR ATTACHING MOLDE) COUNTERS TO TURN SHOES Filed March '7, 1922 ldatented dan. l', i924.

Unire s'r'r vlATliN-"I OFFICE.-

i METHOD FOR ATTACHING- MOLDED COUNTERS TIO TURN SHOES.

Application led March 7, 1922. Serial No. 541,667.

l 'o all w from t may concern Beit known that I, MiLToN L. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburyport, in the county oit Esse); and `State` of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful improvements in hlethods for Attaching Molded Counters to Turn Shoes,

f of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a method and certain features of the machine particularly intended for attaching counter stiffeners or counter stiffeners and shank pieces in positionln the manufacture of turn shoes, and by which this operation may be rapidly and accurately effected. Heretofore these parts have usually been attached while the last is in the unturned shoe, the shoe being` sup- As is welly known to those skilled in the art the position of the last pin hole varies greatly with different lasts and the lasts also vary considerably inheight. 'In order 'to takefcare of the variations in the position of the last pin holes laterally of the last, it has'been proposed to mount the last pin in ablo'ck free to slide laterally of the jack so that'the operator may move it laterally as it yapproaches the nailing mechanism to correctly position it. The proper lateral positioning of this block, as well as vertical adjustments for varying heights of last requires considerable skill, and care on the partv ofthe operator and slows production very considerably.

f According to the present invention the vlast is removed before the counter is attached, anda block, fitting easily within the heel portion of the shoe, is fixed rigidly to tlie'top of the jack. The engagement of the 'upper at the heel end of the shoe about this block thus properly centers the shoe so that itis always presented in proper position laterallyfto the nailing mechanism, no adjustment beingrequired for different shoes.

A To further insure correct ,lateral positioning ofthe shoe relative to the nailing mechanisms, a centering guide may be employed against which the shoe is n moved beneath y the nailing mechanism.

By this invention, therefore, the nailing of the coun-ter in correct position is reduced to a mechanical operation in which the eX- ercise of special skill or judgment is unnecessary, so that the operation is very materially speeded, the production of imperfect or inferior work eliminated, and a poorer quality of labor may be employed satisfactorily, thus materially cheapening the operation.

` For a more complete understanding of this invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in which y Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of the machine showing the relation ot' the shoe supporting jack to the nailing mechamsm.

Figure Qis a detail plan of the sole and counter gage.

Figure 3 is a side elevation ofv the shoe supporting block used when wood heels are to -be employed, other parts being shown in dotted lines.

yFigure 4L is a top yplan of a `block used where wood heels are `to be employed.

Referring/first to Figure l, at l is indicated a jack post which is slidable forwardly and rearwardly in suitable guides on the vertical movable slide 2. This machine may be of any suitable type of nailing machine, as herein shown it being ofv the well known Lightning type. The jack l has at its outer end an upwardly extendingr postJ 3` which, in the ordinary use Aof the machine for nailing heels7 is used to sup- At et is shown an block 1011s preferably provided on its laterall sides with kdownwardly extendinglingers 1l anden its rear face with a finger 12. y These fingers may be ofspringy material, if desired, so that a molded counter, indicated by dotted lines at 13. may be pushed upwardly over the block lO, the fingers l1 and 12 ypass!` ing outwardly thereof to retain it in position. "Where shank stift'eners are to be atm0116211. also.. these are @Seelen-ed with the counters before thelatter-are positioned for attachment toy Vthe slices. This nailing block, together with lingers, is fixed in position on the machine ina well known manner. The japl; l maybe movedontwardly, away froni'beneath the block 10, into the position shown in dottedlines, tofaoilitatethe placing of the shoe thereon, this being done when the slide 2v isdepressed below cooperatiye relationwith the `nailingblock. Then the jacl; is in this position, an unturned shoe, -the last having been removed, is placed olveizthe blocl; the heel portion of the upper extending down. eifeund the Seme, as ndioated in dotted lines at 14,. The toerest 3 maysupport the toeportion of the shoe `at this timebnt whenfthe nailingofwthe counter is being effected it performs no fnnctionin the present invention.- The block 5 Serves to center the shoe laterally, thel upper 14 engaging about the sides thereof, s0 that the shoe sole is correctly related to the path Q-fimovement of the jack so Ithat it will be brought inte Pieper manera-tine relation with the block 10, and the counter thereon, without particularl care 01,1 the Ipart of? the operator.

The jack is moved rearwardly beneath the nailing bloclrand the sole ofthe shoe engages between outwardly curved spaced arms 2O (see Figures l and 2,)- of a gage 2l. Thisgage 2l isfixed to the upper end of a rod 22 which extends throiigh a` gnide flange`20 of a vertically extending. track orfgnide, member 23 againstv the forward face of which the gage slides. vThe rod 22 extends downward through an opening 24 of. a bracket 2,5, `which islixed centrally to a `top, cross. member 2,6 of a yoke 2 7 made fast at opposite endsz by inturned flanges 28 to the top of the slide 2. Y Slight'variations in the thicknessot the sole are provided forby a spring 3,0 surrounding the rod 22 and bearing in itslower end against the top face. of the bracket A and at'y its upper end against a pin 31 extendingtransversely of the rod 22. This verticalmovement is for; the purpose of correctly positioning a counter-engaging. gage or. centering plate 3,5, which isalso carried by. the rod 22 against the upperV tace. ofthe gage 21. The gage hasl a 'sloping inner. face 3,6 whiohengages beneath the rear end of the ycounter `to properly position it relative to; the sole in a lengthwise direction so that when the jack l is Vpushed 'rearwardly and the slide2 raised upwardly, the parts are gnided into proper relative position. The nailing mechanism is'then actuated to drive the nails vin the blockl 1Q through the lsole-` engaging. flange of the, counter in the usual manner to make it :tasten the upper face of the She-.e Sele Y It ie Seme/@inse desirabletomove the 1,4eoeo2 gages 2l and out ot codperative position with the jack and nailing block, as when shoes to which wood heels are to be applied, are being operated upon: For this purpose the guide member 23 1s Xed to the outer endof a Screw. l0 which is slidablc through perforations in a pair of spaced yJaws fil.' npstanding from a bracket 42 which is made fast to a fixed part of the machine trame 43. Threaded onthe screw 40,* betweenithe jaws 4i isa knurled nut, by turning which the guide njieinber 23 may be moved' forwardly or backwardly relative te the Medline frame and into. and Ont- 0f cooperative relation with the jacl and nailing block, In order `to permit this iliQtlon without binding, the perforzjition 2i of the bracket 25 throngh whieh the rod 22passes is formed flaring outwardly toward? both ends from intermediate position to per.- init ready rocking of thevrod 22 withirefer enoe to the bracket. The position of these parts when. the gages are out of operative position is shown in dotted lines in Fignre 3 in which also a modified constructionofjack block particularly intended foi' use with wood heels is shownat 50. Y

A s is well known the outeredge of the heelpolj'tion of the shoe towhich a wood heel is to beattached is beveled ofi", before the shoe is turnedthe upper is unat` tached tov the heel portion of the sole. Whe-r1 a wOOd heel-s t0, b@ aed therefore, the bloc has a marginal upwardlyex,- tendina leneperton l, as Shown in Fienres 3 and il, withinwhich the sole extends and Heemst the t0n Of which the .ef-lg@ of the @unter may rest- Theblock 5.0. may beef a width sucient to substantially tit the width ot' the sole. if desired, as shown in full linesA in igure '-l, but in order vthata Single. bloc-1; may Serve for Sevelalisas 0f shoe and therefore require infrequent change of different sizes, they Y may. be made somewhat narrower than lthe shoe to be operated` upon asfindicated in dotted lines at (see Figure-it). When such a narrow bloei; is. employed it is an easy matter for. the operator tocenter the sole laterally on the block by planingy his fingers beneath the edge of the sole and in Contact with thel edge of the` bloclr, the npper, as beforestated, being unattached at this point to the sole and offeringfn@ Ol).- struction to this action. The sole andconn- 101.' eases er@ Het used, at this timeandn order'to position the jack correctly rearwardly beneath the nailing-block with these eases out ,of nonnen, an adjustable'swr herein shown ascomprising'a cap screw 5.5 is threaded in a boss 5.6, projecting inwardly from theyolre member 26. This cap screw may bea-'adjusted andthen fixed in positionby a lockv nut 5 7 thereon so that when the jack l s pinshedinwardly-,to impinge on the head thereof, it is correctly positioned for vertical movement into operative relation to the nailing block. While as before stated the last is removed prior to the attachment of the counter and before the shoe is turned, it is usually preferable to turn the toe portion of the shoe before the counter is attached, this being shown in dotted lines in Figures l and 3. lVhen this is done the toe portio-n may be supported, when the shoe is initially placed on the jack, by means of the toe rest 3, and when the jack is lmoved upwardly and the sole is engaged between the heel block and the nailing block, the fore part of the shoe is raised upwardly o' the toe rest by the engagement or' sole and counter between the blocks 5 and 10 substantially as shown. It the forepart or' the shoe is not turned prior to the attaching of the counter, the toe rest is likely to interfere with the downwardly extending upper of the shoe.

Having thus described certain embodiments of this invention it should be evident to those skilled in the art that many modifications and changes might be made therein without departing from its spirit or scope as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

l. That improvement in the art of :tastening counters to turn shoes which comprises removing the last before the shoe is turned, placing the unturned heel portion of the shoe in inverted position over a block movable in a determined path into cooperative relation to a nailing mechanism, placing a molded counter in position on the nailing mechanism, moving the block with the shoe thereon to said nailing mechanism, and nailing the counter to the shoe sole.

2. That improvement in the art of fastening counters to turn shoes, which comprises removing the last from the unturned shoe, placing the shoe sole up over a heel block of a backwardly, forwardly and vertically movablejack while the block is down and moved forwardly, fixing a counter in an upright posit-ion on a nailing mechanism positioned vertically over the backward position of said block, moving said block and shoe backwardly, raising said jack into cooperative relation to said nailing mechanism, and then nailing the counter in position on the upwardly presented surface of the shoe sole.

8. That improvement in the art of fastening counters to turn shoes, which comprises removing the last from the unturned shoe, placing the shoe sole up over a heel block of a forwardly, backwardly and vertically movable jack post while the block is down and moved forwardly, fixing a counter in an upright positionr on a nailing mechanism positioned vertically over the backward position ot' said block, moving said block and shoe backward against a member for laterally centering the shoe, raising said jack into cooperative relation to said nailing mechanism, and then nailing the counter in position on the upwardly presented surface of the shoe sole.

4. The improvement in the art of fastening countersl in turn shoes which comprises removing the last from the unturned shoe, placing the shoe sole `up over a heel block, placing a molded counter on a nailing block, relatively moving said heel and counter blocks to bring the counter into proper relation to the upwardly presented side of the shoe sole, and nailing the counter in position.

5. That improvement in the art of attaching molded counters to turn shoes which comprises removing the last from thefunturned shoe, placing the shoe over a heel block, and placing and attaching a counter on the exposed heel end face of the shoe sole.

6. That improvement in the art of fastening counters and shank pieces to turn shoes which comprises removing the last from the unturned shoe, placing the shoe over a heelr block, and placing and attaching a previously. assembled shank piece and counter on the exposed face of the shoe sole.

7. That improvement in the art of attaching molded counters to turn shoes which comprises removing the last from the unturned shoe, and attaching the counter on the exposed heel end face of the shoe while supporting the shoe at the opposite face of the sole.

8. That improvement in the art of attaching molded counters to turn shoes which comprises removing the last from the unturned shoe, turning the forepart of the shoe, a-nd attaching the counter on the exposed heel end face of the shoe while supporting the shoe at the opposite face of the sole.

.In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

MILTON L. DODGE. 

